Preparing for That Day
Advent 2025: Day 5 Opening Prayer “Almighty God, who came to us long ago in the birth of Jesus Christ, be born in us anew today by the power of your Holy Spirit. We offer our lives as home to you and ask for grace and strength to live as your faithful, joyful children always. […]
The Kingdom Has Come
The Question That Changes Everything You’re scrolling through the news, another political scandal, another cultural controversy, another headline that makes you wonder if the world’s completely lost its mind. And you feel it rising in your chest: frustration, maybe anger, certainly confusion. What are Christians supposed to do with all this? Some of your friends have retreated. […]
Next Step: Obedience
The Coming Kingdom: Matthew 1.18-25 (4) Pray Psalm 32.8, 9.I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;I will guide you with My eye.Do not be like the horse or like the mule,Which have no understanding,Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,Else they will not come near you.Sing Psalm 32.8, 9.(Hendon: Take […]
Strong in the Lord
God gave power to CoemgenSuch as He gave not to every saint in the world,That he should be strong in His assemblies,Where the children of Adam will be trembling. – The Monk, Solomon, Life of Coemgen Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, […]
The Nature of Joy
What is joy? And where does it come from? How can we know more of it? We’ll take a look at such questions in today’s reading from Joy to Your World!, which is found on pages 31 and 32: “Joy is not determined by what we can see in our immediate environment. Instead, joy is a condition that […]
Advent: The Reign of God’s Anointed
[Christ is] our eternal King, who governs us by His Word and Spirit, and defends and preserves us in the salvation obtained for us.
Listening Evangelism
Acts 19:1–7 And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” […]